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Rapper Snoop Dogg stopped at Italian airport with $420,000 in cash
August 2, 2015
Rapper Snoop Dogg stopped at Italian airport with $420,000 in cash
Italian police stopped American rapper Snoop Dogg at Lamezia Terme airport on Saturday for trying to board a plane with…
Huge Detroit, Bethlehem Banksy murals to be sold in Beverly Hills
August 1, 2015
Huge Detroit, Bethlehem Banksy murals to be sold in Beverly Hills
A large street mural painted on a derelict Detroit auto factory by elusive British artist Banksy is going up for…
Bobbi Kristina Brown funeral expected to draw large crowds
August 1, 2015
Bobbi Kristina Brown funeral expected to draw large crowds
Scores of onlookers are expected to gather on Saturday near a Georgia church for the funeral of Bobbi Kristina Brown,…
Fighting street crime with street art in Karachi – photos
July 31, 2015
Fighting street crime with street art in Karachi – photos
For years Karachi’s walls have been spattered with the bloodstains of murder victims and scrawled with graffiti touting everything from…
Hany Shaker elected head of Musicians’ Syndicate
July 29, 2015
Hany Shaker elected head of Musicians’ Syndicate
Singer Hany Shaker was elected chairman of the Musicians' Syndicate late Tuesday evening after fierce competition against current outgoing head, Mostafa…
London National Gallery staff announce all-out strike
July 29, 2015
London National Gallery staff announce all-out strike
London's National Gallery, one of the capital's main visitor attractions, is set to be hit by a new wave of…
Georgia’s Spelman College ends professorship tied to Bill Cosby
July 29, 2015
Georgia’s Spelman College ends professorship tied to Bill Cosby
Spelman College in Georgia has discontinued a professorship named after disgraced comedian Bill Cosby and returned the money meant to…
Artist puts different countries in Palestine’s shoes
July 27, 2015
Artist puts different countries in Palestine’s shoes
An online, artistic campaign named ‘My Name is Gaza. Do You See Me!!’ has been launched by Palestinian graphic designer…
Eminem has music’s biggest vocabulary, study says
July 25, 2015
Eminem has music’s biggest vocabulary, study says
Music artists Eminem, Kanye West and Bob Dylan have something surprising in common. According to a new study, the trio are…
‘Selfies’ of the 17th century highlighted in Dutch exhibition
July 25, 2015
‘Selfies’ of the 17th century highlighted in Dutch exhibition
The selfie may be a contemporary look, but a Dutch museum aims to show that its roots go back centuries. In…